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CloudBolt vs Cloudability comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
6.5
Cloudability boosts financial efficiency, saving users up to $400,000 annually through cost reduction, ROI, and budgeting optimization features.
Sentiment score
7.2
Organizations saw 60% savings and 50% faster deliveries with CloudBolt, benefiting from automation and reduced support costs.
It'd be very easy to save at least 10 to 20% costs from cloud spend just by utilizing the features of right-sizing or commitments management that Cloudability offers.
Cloud Ops Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
We save time by making the reporting easier.
Digital Marketing, Marketing Technology & Analytics Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
5.2
Enterprise customers receive strategic support from account managers, though response consistency and communication options are limited.
Sentiment score
7.4
CloudBolt offers responsive, efficient customer service with excellent support, fast issue resolution, and highly praised technical assistance.
The customer support from Cloudability is great.
Cloud Ops Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Cloudability's customer support is adequate, and I would rate it an 8 on a scale of 1 to 10.
Digital Marketing, Marketing Technology & Analytics Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.1
Cloudability offers adaptable scalability, supporting large datasets but some users desire enhanced feature support and additional capabilities.
Sentiment score
6.2
CloudBolt is scalable for varied infrastructures but needs blueprint improvements; ratings range from seven to nine out of ten.
Cloudability's scalability is excellent because it can link with as few as one cloud account to thousands of cloud accounts, so there are no issues there.
Cloud Ops Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.3
Cloudability is seen as mature and stable, especially beneficial for multi-cloud cost management, with minimal impact during outages.
Sentiment score
7.6
CloudBolt is stable and reliable, with effective support, though some face issues due to memory constraints and updates.
 

Room For Improvement

Cloudability requires interface simplification, improved rightsizing, automation, data integration, and enhanced cost allocation and sustainability features.
CloudBolt needs improvements in cost optimization, UI design, container support, SaaS management, billing, integrations, and feature workflows.
I've found that Groups is basically unusable because if it can't be used everywhere, you would have to run both group-based access control and direct user-based access control at the same time, which doesn't make any sense.
Cloud Ops Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
It would be beneficial if we could use resource tags to provide more fine-grained visibility.
Digital Marketing, Marketing Technology & Analytics Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
I believe that automating all manual processes in Cloudability would be beneficial, providing a proactive prescriptive analysis on what needs to be done to lower costs.
Enterprise Data Architect at LTIMindtree
To improve CloudBolt, I believe the user experience needs enhancement as some users find it somewhat dated compared to newer cloud management platforms.
Sr PreSales Cloud Architect at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Setup Cost

Cloudability offers intuitive features valued by enterprise users; however, pricing challenges exist, especially for smaller companies.
CloudBolt offers scalable pricing per server, with discounts for upfront purchases, appealing to automation-focused teams despite varying costs.
You also get value for money because of the breadth and depth of the features.
Cloud Ops Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Valuable Features

Cloudability enhances cost management with features like dashboards, reporting, forecasting, and AWS integration for improved transparency and usability.
CloudBolt excels in governance, deployment, provisioning, multi-cloud management, integration, cost management, efficiency, and supports major cloud providers.
The Views feature is also beneficial because lots of teams may use Cloudability within an organization, allowing users to segregate data to particular Views so they are only looking at what's relevant to them.
Cloud Ops Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The forecasting feature has helped me understand how the resources are utilized and how the cost is burned, and then I use it to make changes to keep the cost in control.
Digital Marketing, Marketing Technology & Analytics Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
I find the reports to be extensive and elaborate, and I get whatever information I require.
Enterprise Data Architect at LTIMindtree
From an integration standpoint, CloudBolt works well with various public and private cloud providers, including AWS, Azure, GCP, VMware, and Nutanix, as well as different virtualization software, infrastructure as code templates such as Ansible and Terraform, ITSM tools such as ServiceNow, and CMDB platforms.
Sr PreSales Cloud Architect at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Cloudability
Ranking in Cloud Cost Management
3rd
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
CloudBolt
Ranking in Cloud Cost Management
33rd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Management (21st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Cloud Cost Management category, the mindshare of Cloudability is 5.5%, down from 13.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of CloudBolt is 1.4%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Cost Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Cloudability5.5%
CloudBolt1.4%
Other93.1%
Cloud Cost Management
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2795433 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Ops Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Gained multi-cloud cost visibility and have optimized spend with detailed reports and rightsizing
The IAM feature is something that we struggle with using. IBM, the company that runs Cloudability, released the Groups feature back in the summer of 2025. While Groups can be used in some parts of the tool, it can't be used across the entire tool. I've found that Groups is basically unusable because if it can't be used everywhere, you would have to run both group-based access control and direct user-based access control at the same time, which doesn't make any sense. The Groups feature has improved over time, but it's still not something we feel we can use on an everyday basis, so the IAM section remains an issue right now. Most of the tool is very well-functioning and developed, and that's the only real improvement area that we've seen.
AbhishekGupta2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr PreSales Cloud Architect at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
Centralized self-service has unified hybrid clouds and has improved governance and cost control
The best features CloudBolt offers include governance and policy control, allowing security teams to set up their specific guardrails with governance at scale. Multi or hybrid cloud abstraction provides a single pane of glass for different types of environments, and self-service catalogs enable technical or business users to request services without multiple tickets. CloudBolt also offers strong integration capabilities that work well with existing tools without disrupting the current environment. From an integration standpoint, CloudBolt works well with various public and private cloud providers, including AWS, Azure, GCP, VMware, and Nutanix, as well as different virtualization software, infrastructure as code templates such as Ansible and Terraform, ITSM tools such as ServiceNow, and CMDB platforms. CloudBolt has positively impacted my organization by managing multiple cloud environments for thousands of users with a complex enterprise workflow that has helped reduce man-hours required for provisioning resources. We have achieved faster delivery through standardized operating procedures and reduced reworks due to automation. The chargeback and showback mechanisms allow us to charge different business units according to their consumption, providing better governance, lower risk, and lower cost, resulting in a good return on investment. Since using CloudBolt, I have seen a 25 to 30 percent reduction in service delivery time and an improvement in efficiency of almost 20 to 25 percent within a timeframe of approximately 8 to 10 months.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
24%
Retailer
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Computer Software Company
6%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise13
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise9
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cloudability?
Pricing and setup cost for Cloudability are good. Compared to the rest of the industry, they may be a little more expensive than some other FinOps tools, but that's to be expected because they have...
What needs improvement with Cloudability?
The IAM feature is something that we struggle with using. IBM, the company that runs Cloudability, released the Groups feature back in the summer of 2025. While Groups can be used in some parts of ...
What is your primary use case for Cloudability?
I use Cloudability to track costs across a multi-cloud infrastructure estate, including Google Cloud, AWS Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. Everything from reports and dashboards to anomaly alerts and ri...
What needs improvement with CloudBolt?
To improve CloudBolt, I believe the user experience needs enhancement as some users find it somewhat dated compared to newer cloud management platforms. From a telemetry and analytics perspective, ...
What is your primary use case for CloudBolt?
My main use case for CloudBolt includes having a centralized self-service provisioning and orchestration, allowing me to manage hybrid and multi-cloud provisioning across AWS, Azure, GCP, VMware, a...
What advice do you have for others considering CloudBolt?
For others looking into using CloudBolt, I advise defining governance policies early, focusing on building modular automation, and planning integrations in advance, such as IAM, CMDB, or security a...
 

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